The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has accused Dangote Petroleum Refinery of disguising an anti-union and monopolistic agenda under the cover of a planned free petrol distribution scheme. In a statement on Friday signed by National Executive President, Comrade Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Comrade Afolabi Olawale, NUPENG alleged that the…
More European refiners are facing increasing pressure from Nigeria’s Dangote refinery as it ramps up production and curtails gasoline exports from Europe to West Africa, a development that could force closures of vulnerable refining plants across the continent. Since it began production in September 2024, Africa’s largest refinery, the 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) Dangote…
The Nigerian government, through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to order Binance Holdings Limited to pay $79,514,055,594.40 and N231 million for economic losses allegedly caused by its operations in Nigeria, as well as $2,001,000,000 in income tax for 2022 and 2023. These monetary demands and alleged…
After spending five consecutive days in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), popular Nigerian social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has finally regained his freedom. The activist, known for his blunt commentaries and online exposés on societal ills, was arrested last week following what the EFCC described as…
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has alleged that those responsible for the recent killings across the state are foreigners. According to him, the attackers speak unfamiliar languages and exhibit traits suggesting they are not Nigerians. He stated this on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, following a series of violent incidents in…
The Kebbi State Police Command said two police officers lost their lives during a gun duel with bandits suspected to be Lakurawa sect members in Kebbi State on Friday, as they attempted to foil a cattle rustling operation. This was according to a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday by the command’s spokesman, SP…
A student who sold her virginity for £1.6 million (€1.9m) says she has “no regrets” – even after learning the man in question had previously visited Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious Little Saint James, referred to widely as ‘Paedophile Island’. 22-year-old Laura decided to sell her virginity in December 2023, at which point she submitted an application…
Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has launched a scathing attack on Daniel Bwala, the Presidential Spokesman, following Bwala’s recent claims of being the target of a conspiracy by television guests and anchors. In an X post on Sunday, Bwala accused some media figures of pushing an agenda against him, a…
Prosecutors in South Korea have apologized to a woman who was convicted for defending herself during a violent sexual assault more than six decades ago. Choi Mal-ja, now 78, was just 18 years old in 1964 when she bit off part of a man’s tongue as he allegedly tried to rape her. Despite being the…
In a rare and controversial judgment, a young man was sentenced to 15 strokes of public flogging on Wednesday by Magistrate Farida Ibrahim of the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse 6, Abuja. The Chief Magistrate Ibrahim handed down a sentence of public flogging to the young man accused of fighting with a prostitute. He…